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Sunday morning. I’m on the 4-8 watch. This is the morning watch.
My new role, Chief Officer, is a lot more stressful. I’m enjoying it. Or starting to.
Christmas on board was the standard affair, not much to write home about. New Years will bring more of the same.
As for 2020, it’s been a trying year. It’s tested my relationship with MrsN, it’s tested my patience, it brought untold happiness in the form of the twins, Seb has been his usual self (which is a good thing!). To end the year I got promoted to Chief Officer and I found out my father died on the same weekend. My father and I weren’t in contact for years.
Looking ahead to 2021, the twins will be growing and getting stronger. Madeleine still needs to see a cardiologist and Michael needs to see a surgery consultant.
I have some weight to lose (again).
It seems that COVID will still be an issue for crew changes, so making plans for the year ahead will be somewhat difficult.
Otherwise it’s going to be the same as every other year. Take it as it comes. MrsN likes to plan ahead. I like to deal with the near future.
I need to stop rambling and finish planning work for my crew for the day. I’ve got 4 able seamen, 2 ordinary seamen, and 2 Thai painters to plan work for everyday. I have to plan the maintenance of the accommodation and everything outside it on deck. The engineers just take care of the belly of the beast down there.
We have had a little project this crossing of doing maintenance to lashing bridges. They were pretty rusty, so needed chipping and painting. I’ve got ballast tanks to inspect before the end of the year, and have to prepare for our South America coastal run in that starts on 2nd January.
Between now and the coast I have to also monitor where the engineers are using their fuel oil from, and ensuring that the ship remains stable throughout the voyage. I’m having problems with torsion right now, which is a bit of a headache but I know these ships well, I know how to fix it.
Have a great day TWTD, I’ll try to look in on the 4-8 evening watch (the dog watch).
I’m lead to believe that things have moved on since the days of navigation officers sitting in the cold shouting things like “iceberg dead ahead” and “Klingons off the starboard bow “ but then again the biggest thing I’ve sailed was a canoe in Ipswich docks and I still fell over on that
I guess my message to you is Try not to hit any icebergs or aliens
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